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Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words - Ludwig van Beethoven
Titel: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
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BEETHOVEN:
THE MAN AND THE ARTIST,
AS REVEALED IN HIS OWN WORDS
By Ludwig van Beethoven
Edited by Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel
This edition of Beethoven: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words,
was translated into English and published in 1905 by B.W. Hubsch. It was also republished unabridged by Dover Publications, Inc., in a 1964 edition, ISBN 0-486-21261-0.
Contents
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent classical music figures of the Western world. This German musical genius created numerous works that are firmly entrenched in the repertoire. Except for a weakness in composing vocal and operatic music (to which he himself admitted, notwithstanding a few vocal works like the opera Fidelio
and the song Adelaide,
), Beethoven had complete mastery of the artform. He left his stamp in 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, numerous string quartets and dozens of other key works. Many of his works are ingeniously imaginative and innovative, such as his 3rd symphony (the Eroica
), his 9th Violin Sonata (the Kreutzer
), his Waldstein
piano sonata, his 4th and 5th piano concertos, or his Grosse Fugue
for string quartet. (Of course, each of Beethoven's works adds its own unique detail to Beethoven's grand musical paradigm.)
It is difficult to sum up briefly what his musical works represent or symbolize, since taken together they encompass a vast system of thought. Generally, however, those who apprehend his music sense that it reflects their own personal yearnings and sufferings. It egoistically, and always intelligently, discusses
with its listener his or her feelings in the wake of personal failure and personal triumph, from the lowest depths of despair to the highest heights of happy or triumphant fulfillment. In his music, he represents the feelings felt by those attempting to achieve their goals within their societies, whether they are competing for love, status, money, power, mates and/or any other things individuals feel naturally inclined to attempt to acquire.
In a thematic sense, Beethoven does not promote anarchist ideas. The listener cannot, in listening to Beethoven's music, apprehend ideas which, if applied, would compromise the welfare of his society. The music is thus civically responsible,
as is the music of Bach or Mozart. For Beethoven, the society exists as a bulwark with which the individual must function in harmony, or at least not function such as to harm or destroy it. And, should the society marginalize or hurt the individual, as it often does, the individual must, according to Beethoven, humbly accept this, never considering the alternative act of attempting to harm or destroy the society in the wake of his or her personal frustrations. But, thanks to Beethoven, such an individual is provided with the means to sooth his or her misery in the wake of feeling hurt
at the hands of society. The means is this